Power outages in Hickory County, MO

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Hickory County yet. Empire District Electric Co, Southwest Electric Coop, Inc and Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc serve this county.

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Empire District Electric Cono live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Southwest Electric Coop, Incno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Sac-Osage Electric Coop Incno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Hickory County

2014–2025 record

Hickory County averaged 20.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Missouri counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 22. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 12 hours, starting June 28, 2025.

The largest on record began March 7, 2017, with 1,944 customers out at once.

20.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
1.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
29 hourslongest on record (May 2020)
1,944most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
March 7, 20171,9443 hours2,766
September 22, 20231,9248 hours8,952
July 24, 20211,9196 hours8,122
June 3, 20201,8932.5 hours1,091
April 11, 20181,88145 minutes1,410

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.